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The effects in Skull Mountain are actually old. They have been in there since 1996, but they haven't used most of them in years (ocasionally the music will be on). They basically brought back all the effects because of the Dark Knight

Day: 4 July 2nd, 2008 Park: Kings Island Trip Report: We woke up early and left Sandusky around 8am because Walter was being slow...as usual. We drove for two hours before stopping at a Bob Evans in the middle of nowhere. Apperantly, everyone is more relaxed in the Mid West and we ended up spending an hour and fifteen minutes at this Bob Evans because they actually take there time. But we were in a rush, and it was just annoying us. (Do I scream New Yorker or what?). Anyway, we continued driving, me and Jackie kept taking turns and occupied our selves with car karaoke while Walter slept...because that's all he's good for . We finally got to the park at 2:15 because the GPS lied to us and made us miss our exit! We walked in and decided to go straight to Invertigo. I've allready been on one of these, but when we went to Six Flags America earlier this season, Two Face was closed so this was new to Walter and Jackie. But, as we got to the ride it had a misscatch and it ran into the e-brakes, shutting it down for a good 20 minutes. So we decided to go over to Drop Tower. Walter doesn't like drop towers, but we got him on it. And he was silent the whole time. Jackie and I loved it though. The view was really good and the drop felt like forever. Next up we headed to Flight Deck, which was a great ride. Great laterals and speed, my one complaint is that the ride is over too quick and the wak to the ride is just way too long and hilly. It's like hiking! After that we went to Son Of Beast. I knew that this was a really bad coaster and to expect the worse, but I never thought it would be as bad as it was! A roller coaster should not feel like the wheels are made out of octogons! The ride bounced the whole way and there was absolutey no airtime (and we sat in the back). It was the worst coaster I've ever ridden, and I like bad coasters (Hercules and Mean Streak). After that we headed for Invertigo to find it a walk-on. I faced Walter and Jackie as they both expected the worst, but they were pleasantly suprised with how smooth and fun it was. After that we strolled on over to Rugrat's Runaway Reptar, which was our first Vekoma Junior Inverted coaster. It was rough as hell and made us laugh. It was an interesting ride. Next as the Fairly Odd Coaster, which was fairly odd. It was my first junior woodie and it was a lot of fun. Great ride for little kids. After that we headed over to Wings, which is there buffet and spent an hour there! Then we headed out to Flight Of Fear. This ride ended up being my favorite coaster at the park. I am a total sucker for space themed indoor coasters, and this ride was amazingly themed. The queue was incredible and the sound effects in the station were great too. Jackie and I rode front row while we made Walter sit in the second row. We love Premier Launches and this was great. The Blocks in the middle of the ride that stop the train is a bit annoying, but I love the airtime in the corkscrew at the end, so I can deal. Next we headed over to Vortex which is an insane Arrow Multi-Looper. It was rough and fast. Jackie and I loved every second of it, Walter hates anything knocks his head around. Then we headed over to Walter's 100th coaster, The Beast. We waited about 45 minutes for it. I sat in the last row while Walter and Jackie sat ahead of me. This ride took me by suprise. I heard nothing but terrible things about this ride, but I was suprised. It was rough but not incredibly rough. The trimming was annoying but the ride was fast! I felt it was worth the wait. Next up we rode The Crypt. This used to be Tomb Raider, but Cedar Fail lost the rights to the Paramount rides, so now the attraction is jus in a big black room. The theming in the queue was great, and the ride itself was a awesome Top Spin, those new Huss restraints trully make a difference. After that we rode Backlot Stunt Coaster. Walter and I rode front row while Jackie rode second. It was a fun ride, and I didn't know what to expect from it, and we were all pleasantly suprised! After that we headed back to The Beast and rode the last train of the night. Then we left the park with hopes of a better the next day! Photos We'll start this segment with Walter passed out in the back of the car! Jackie enjoyed ourself with Car Karaoke Walter eventually woke up and joined in To see our horrible singing, click . I don't promise to pay for your therapy! After hours of driving, we finally got here! No time to look...must get credits! Our first ride was supposed to be Invertigo... ...there it goes... ...and then it flew through the station coming to an abrupt hault on the E-Brakes. Yup...it misscatched We decided to hit up Drop Tower next! This sign in the queue made us laugh. This was our first Gyro Drop Top Gun....errr....Flight Deck next The walk to the ride was way too long! But totally worth it! Except it's over too quick IT'S COMING RIGHT AT US! Uh oh.... Can I please just put a match to this thing! The lift hill to HELL! Terrible Gerstlauer trains + terrible RCCA woodie = Terrible coaster! Ah sweet! A Rugrats ride! Nerver mind...it's just a Vekoma! ...yea...I can't think of a good caption. Okay...Fairly Odd Parents themed coaster....um...whoo? It was actually a fun little ride. Uh oh...we NEED to get Jackie out of this section, or we'll be here ALL DAY! X-Base...where there's a Premier coaster and a Vekoma coaster! I was so excited to finally get on Flight Of Fear! That's mean! The queue was very well themed! We are going to have some pissed off aliens! Me, Walter, and Jackie in line for Flight Of Fear ooh The launch into the darkness was awesome! We skipped Firehawk (we decided to do it on our second day) and went over to Vortex! This is like hardcore porn to Jackie and I. I mean, come on...how could you not love Arrow? For some reason, I deided to buy the On-Ride-Photo from Vortex. Hello future B&M hyper coaster! Walter outside his 100th coaster. It's hard to get shots of the Beast being it's in the woods and very far out from the rest of the park! So here's the last photo of the Beast for this update And that concludes day 1 at King's Island. -Dainan "Stay tuned for Day 2" Rafferty

Being I'm going away for a week and wont have an update before then, I decided to post my Kennywood video. Click to watch it. -Dainan "Enjoy" Rafferty

So Far: Coney Island (New York) Six Flags Great Adventure Six Flags America Kennywood Cedar Point King's Island Waldameer Hersheypak Dorney Park I'm going to The Great Escape next week...

Um...can we please not fight in my thread. kthxbai

Best caption ever!

Day: 3 July 1st, 2008 Park: Cedar Point Trip Report We left for the park hoping to get there for opening, but we ran a tad late because of Walter! (this basically happened every day by the way). We got there to see the lot filled, so we decided to drive back to the Soak City Parking Lot. We went straigh to Magnum XL-200. It was a three train wait for the back. When we got off the ride, the queue was allready half way filled! We were going to hit TTD but it was down, so we cought a ride on Corkscrew. Which was fun and not so rough as everyone says it is! After that, we took a ride on Matterhorn. After that we took the train around a few laps. And decided to ride Mean Streak. We waited a half hour for it, and finally got on. We ended up getting stuck half way up the lift! We sat there for five minutes before the attendant came up and Walter stopped him to ask what happened and he just said, "Who took out the camera?" We all kind of looked at each other confused and then a girl two rows ahead of us hit the girl next to her and said, "Oh my god! I can't believe you did that!" Then the girls behind them were all embaressed and stuff. About 5 minutes later they restarted it and we finished the ride! Next we saw The Misadventures of Molly and Maverick. It was an interesting showm, but crowded. It was fun though. I just wish we had a seat. Next we went over to Maverick which was re-opening from a break down. We decided to give it a second opinion. We waited an hour while this guy was singing and dancing Michael Jackson songs. (I swear to god!). We sat up in he front. It was a fun ride, but still a bit rough, but definately better than the day before. We headed over to Gemini, where we waited a full queue just to get th credit on the blue side. Then we went to Soak City to escape the park and heat. It was alot of fun. We actually did every slide before leaving. We then went over to Hotel Breakers for dinner, but decided to come back later. We then went back into the park, by Wicked Twister, and decided to ride it. While we were waiting it broke down. So we decided to wait it out. We ended up hanging out with the crew for two hours, before they told us it wouldn't re-open. We then realizedwe only had a half hour left, so we rode Troika and MaxAir, which Walter chickened out on, because he "Had to use the bathroom!" We left the park and went to TGI Fridays at Hotel Breakers. We didn't end up leaving the Point until after midnight. This will be our last visit at Cedar Point until the 4th of July. Photos The skyline was alot brighter today! Magnum was looking very sexy! And running great this morning From the parking lot, it seemed that only one side of Gemini would be open today... Up next, Corkscrew It's a very sexy Arrow, might I add The Matterhorn is an older version of a Thunderbolt This will get us off our feet and sort of, out of the heat The train offers some nice shots of Millennium Force 1 2 And Maverick So there's this whole cool part of the train where you go through Saw Mills, Towns and houses... ...but something bothers me... ...why the hell are they all dead? Seriouly!? Why!? We decided to do Mean Steak next There's just so much wood This drop would be great if the damn trims weren't there... It takes the turns kind of slow! Walter and Jackie seem very happy on Mean Streak... It's becaue the lift stopped! (Note: I took my camera after the ride was allready stopped for a few minutes) The Misadventures of Molly and Maverick Next up is Maverick... ...where this man kept singing and dancing to Michael Jackson's greatest hits! I don't know if he has something wrong with him, or just high. Either way, he was having a ball, and making the line seem alot shorter than it was! ...I...just...don't...get...it... Same goes for you! Town Hall was pretty cool. Yea....I just had to! And I am that jerk who was wearing a Kingda Ka shirt at Cedar Point! Gemini was later on running both sides... ...but then went back to only one! Random shot of Magnum here... We'll come back to you later! Wicked Twister was an interesting experience... Troika is always a fun ride! Walter in line for MaxAir. This isthe face of some one who needs to use the bathroom This was our last ride at the Point for the day! Back at Hotel Breakers. They brought our meals and appetizers out at the same time. Only quality from TGI Fridays! -Dainan "King's Island next!" Rafferty

Guys, this was our first of THREE days at Cedar Point! Don't worry...we had different opinions after the first day

We rode every coaster our first day! And are you talking about the guy who sings Michael Jackson songs? We saw him on our secod day at Maverick. ^^And yes Sean, you called when we were at Mine Ride! I forgot to put this in the TR but, I must say that Blue Streak was one of my favorite coasters at Cedar Point, and I really liked Disaster Transport! Which I completely forgot to put in this TR. When we were going up the lift, the girl I was sitting next to, told her red neck father I was afraid so he SLAPPED MY BACK and told me to wake up! I was like, "Yo! What the ****?" and he said, "Yall scared!?" I was like, "Um, no! I've been on 150 something coasters, this is nothing!" Then at the end of the ride, I told Jackie that this reminded me of a Japanese coaster I once rode, so the redneck said to his daughters, "This reminds me of a fat chick I once rode!" That became the line of the trip! -Dainan "The third update will most likely be Friday" Rafferty

I'll be honest, I liked Cedar Point, but the place doesn't have really great coasters. My favorite coasters there were Blue Streak and Magnum. I did like Mean Streak too and Wildcat. And I understand te reason for low capacity, it was just retarted waiting an hour for Mean Streak! -Dainan "I'd take Kennywood over Cedar Point" Raffety

Day: 2 June 30th, 2008 Park: Cedar Point Trip Report I don't feel like typing a full report on Cedar Point, so I will type some things. Okay, so it was rainy all day, and all the coasters were running on low capacity. Two trains on everything that ran three, one train on the woodies...and some steels. I wasn't impressed with the park at all in the morning. In fact, I hated it about half way through the day. But then the park grew on me and I enjoyed it. I still like Kennywood better though. Photos Here is Jackie and I...tired...but getting ready to head out... To buy me shoes because mine got destroyed a Kennywood So at Wal-Mart we found Hannah Montana! We asked her for her autograph but she was all like, "yea, what eva! kthnxbai!" This made us laugh So...yea...like...we are going to Cedar Point or something! You should have heard us in the car...it may go in the video...it may not One of these towers really excited us "INTAMIN FIRST GENERATION DROP TOWER!" So yea...I gave up $150 for a Premium Pass...that actually did pay off Aww...so cute....NOT! Chedar Pint! First order of the day, was Whicked Twister Mind the rain drop on the lense The launch was felt faster than it looked. But I like Vodoo at Dorney Park a bit better. Corkscrew doing it's thang! Kingda Ka...I mean...Top Thrill Dragster started testing a little after opening! Our next coaster was Iron Dragon. My first Arrow suspended coaster. They were only running one train! From Iron Dragon, I got a nice shot of Wicked Twister Fail Okay, so Cedar Point is sworming with bugs and birds, and this bird kept taking Jackie's fries. So what do I do as a good friend? Film it of course! Which should we go on next? The train, or the potentially good Intamin Giga Coaster? For some reason we chose the Intamin! Millennium Force flying by! The queue did fill up later And this is on a slow day! It looks so good But the truth is, Millennium Forceless sucked! And we did not even bother riding it again! The only pop of airtime. At least it gave a good show...sorta Jackie, Walter and I in line! l8r! Nice wet stroll over to the other side of the park! They asked for it! Maverick Me in line for Maverick I liked the queue Except the queue house was like a maze! So, the first drop was really cool! These turns looked very good, but were way too rough! The airtime was great though! As was the hangtime! The brakes after the launch don't really make a difference You take to this ride at too much speed that it's painfull. It's a great ride, just too rough. Seriously...how? Next up was Mean Streak (which we later called Splean Creak) By this point, we waited 45 minutes for Mean Streak. And I was just in a pissy mood and was totally hating Cedar Point! Cedar Creek Mine Ride was fun I don't have a great shot of Gemeni but I really liked it. And the station as well Call me what ever, but I kept accidentely reffering to TTD as Ka the whole time I was there out of habbit! I watched my footage and was embaressed by how many times I called it Ka. I eventually stopped though. I like that it has lap bars But I like the exra hill better Walter in line for Top Thrill Dragster The queue was almost identical to the original Kingda Ka queue...just themed differently... And there were some neet facts posted on the wall The launch track on TTD at least tells you when you'll launch Okay, so visually, I like Top Thrill Dragster better than Kingda Ka. It has a great atmosphere for it at all times. It also has lap bars that makes it more comfortable and no trim brake at the top to slow it down. The only down side is that TTD doesn't have the extra hill like Ka. And I found Dragster to feel like it was missing something because of it. Either way it's a good ride, but not the best. This is the only shot I got of Magnum from the first day at Cedar Point. I will say that it is my favorite coaster at the park! Um, ew... Mantis had a great verical loop The diving loop was nice too But the rest of the ride was just terrible. It made my legs numb and bashed my head around. The worst coaster at the Point, by far. This was also the 1st B&M stand-up coastr for me. That being said, I like the Intamin ones better! From one crappy ride, I get a nice shot of another one! So here's a cool story. After the park closed, I ran to Top Thrill Dragster fro Magnum. We went there before and they said it was down! When I went back I saw a line of people waiting. Walter comes behind me and says "No..." and as he does, a supervisor comes out and says that even though the ride is down, and may not open tonight, they are going to let us in the queue! Mean while this is 10 minutes AFTER park closing! I just looked at Walter and gave him a smirk! After about 20 minutes, the ride reopened and we got the last launch of the night! In the process, we made friends with a Cedar Point regular named Chris. It was a great night that started with a "meh" morning. On that note, I am going away for a few days on Tuesday, and I'm busy tomorrow, so the next update, might not be until Friday! -Dainan "My 150th coaster was Magnum XL-200" Rafferty

The Plan: My friends Walter and Jackie have been planning a trip out to Cedar Point for there three year anniversary for a year now! Part of the plan was for my brother and I to tag along, because no trip can be complete with out the Rafferty twins (they say), but for months I've been saying I can't go. Well, the morning (3am) before the trip, I was going over my account and such and I realized, I can fully afford this trip! So I called Walter and told him I was in. I drove out to Jackie's house and we went over the trip and did a run to Great Adventure...because we were bored. The original plan was to drive out to Cedar Point but doing a stop of Kennywood the day before. Do two days at Cedar Point, then go to King's Island, and seeng if we need a second day there or not. If we didn't need one, we were going to go to Kentucky Kingdom! Then go back to Cedar Point for July 4th and then go home stopping at some park on the way. Day: 1 June 29th, 2008 Park: Kennywood Trip Report We left Manalapan, NJ at around 7am and headed out west. Some where between there and Hershey, I got hold of the wheel and drove all he way to Kennywood. I don't remember what time it was when we got there, all I know is that it was the most driving I've ever done in my life . So first things first, we go in and use our tickets we bought online to get in. I will be honest, this was like being at Disneyland for me (in some way). I've always wanted to go to Kennywood (as well as Cedar Point and King's Island), so I was very hyper and jumpy. Of course I wanted to ride Steel Phantom first...but I couldn't, so I stuck with Phantom's Revenge. I will admit, everytime I went on Phantom's Revenge, I got all excited and couldn't contain myself. So of course, when we got in the station, we queued up for the back, where we ran into our friends Kevin and Emily who we haven't seen since Six Flags America in early May. So, we finally get on the ride and we are going up the lift. God I just love these Arrow noises and then we get slamed down the first drop, which completely suprised me! Then came the second hill which you take at amazing speed! The rest of the ride was filled with great speed, laterals and ejector. This has ranked as my number 3 steel coaster! After that, we took a stop at the Potato Patch for some fries. I got mine with gravy, Jackie went plain, and Walter got cheese and bacon on his. From there we strolled on over to the Racer (because Thunderbolt shut down when we got in line). The Racer was fun. It would have been better if they dispatched the trains at the same time, the train was actually behind the other on the lift, it was an unfair race. From there we went on Jack Rabbit. This ride completely suprised us. I've heard stories, but wanted to try myself. On the double down, I got so much ejector that my feet were off the ground! (I wasn't holding on). After that Walter and Jackie rode the Paratrooper while I filmed a bit. Then the three of us went on to be my new favorite flat ride, Kangaroo. Apperantly it's the last one left in the world, which is a true shame because more of these should be around. The ride goes around in a circle on a track, but the track lifts and ends, and the cars come off the track and float down back on the track. The airtime is pretty sweet and it's just a really fun ride! Next up was Garfield's Nightmare, which was just there Old Mill, rethemed. The ride was a nice break from the heat but it was very lame, and I wish I got to see the original Old Mill...and not some fat cat in 3D. After that we headed over to ride Valcano, there Huss Enterprise. Fun as usual for any Enterprise. After that we took a ride on Phantom's Revenge before heading over to Exterminator, which was in the over flow queue. So we waited it. When we were inside the building the park shut down due to an approaching Tornado! About an hour later, the park reopened and we got in the ride in 10 minutes. This is a Reverchon Spinning Mouse, and it is VERY well themed. This totally blew us away, and we loved every minute of it. The rain cleared, but not all the coasters were open yet so we went into Noah's Ark. Wow...just wow! That's all I am saying . After that we finally got over to Thunderbolt which as now running one train. We waited for the back, and it was alot of fun. Another top 10 from this park. It's mazing how big the first and last hills are in the ravine. I now understand he whole fanbase to this park. I don't feel like typing every ride in detail, but after that we did a few flats and got the kiddie credit. We also did the Turtles and I was flying all around, and the new Ghostwood Manor, whish had a cool preshow, but I don't care for shooting dark rides, so I wasn't totally impressed! Overall, Kennywood was a great park and it was my favorite of the trip, and I'd love to go back! Photos Because I have no camera, these are all video stills The GPS was helpfull, but lied to us a few times on the trip! OMFG WE ARE HERE! And this is where I almost died of hapiness! The park looks a bit like it should be called "Kennyhood" from the outside, but it definately is not! From the parking lot, we could tell, we weren't getting on Pit Fall I was sooooooooooo happy....and tired! This reminded me of Lake Compounce The tunnel to get into the park WOW...this looks different than from the outside... faint So...these trains were a bit bizzare looking, but who cares The second drop that dives through the Thunderbolt The sick banked turn of doooooooooooooom (everything is more dramatic when you add more "o"s btw) Ejector here... here... and here... Hey look, Kevin and Emily! Walter eats his Potato Patch fries unaware that he is going to be hit by a train full of riders...GASP! Thunderbolt is all sexy and stuff! Too bad, we'll come back to you later! Insert high pitched squeel here So next up was the Racer The crew kind of sucked Here's one train.... ...and there's the other, about 10 seconds later! This was are "OMFG" ride of the trip! So innocent and so pure... But the double down will kill ya! Literally...there are no lapbars Walter and Jackie ride the Paratrooper While I eat some yummy pop corn! So here is the world's greatest flat ride, Kangaroo See how it just jumps off the track! Sigh....moving on Yes, we did Phantom again! The restraints are bizzare but awesome! Walter is ready to ride! Pittsburg Plunge doing it's thang (or Pixberg as the locals say) Lost Kennywood looked really great! And even better at night...but by that point, my battery was dead. Chaching! The overflow was at least shaded by Pittsburg Plunge And then there was the neetly themed, indoor queue. Me, Walter an Jackie waiting out the tornado that was in the area. I see a rat! el oh el Very cool loading platform, and very well themed as well! I loved it Noah's Ark, simply amazing. You have to check it out yourself! We finally got to ride Thunderbolt after a long day. And it was so worth it! I just love these NAD trains! The first drop is AMAZING! We end with this shot of Ghostwood Manor. It ws trackless... There would be more photos, but my battery died (because I am an idiot and accidently left my camera on in my pocket for an hour!) So, after we left the pak, Jackie and I drove, while Walter slept, to Sandusky to our fabulous Days Inn, where we crashed, looking foward to our next day. -Dainan "That concludes day 1" Rafferty

I'm not going to write a whole long Trip Report, so I'll just post pictures with captions explaining things. But here's the deal. Every year, the Staten Island Mall has a carnival, and this year we had a new Fair circut, so we went to go check it out. Dreamland Amusements, the emphasis of suck! People Me Anthony, my twin brother Cassie, his GF Walter Jackie Kenny Andrew TJ Kenny, Andrew, and TJ joined us when we were going to leave originally, so we stayed later. And then chilled after the fair Photos I don't have a camera, so these are all video stills Here we are at Dreamland! I've waited my whole life to be here Anthony said this will be better than Tokyo DisneySea. It just seems so amazing! Uppon entering, Anthony and Cassie seemed very excited Wow! This really is better than Tokyo DisneySea This was the first Ring Of Fire any of us have ever been on. This one was called, "Fire Ball" They even had a Herschell Mite Mouse Which we'll come back to! This is Dream Catcher. You have to be dreaming to ride it! El Oh El, get it? LyKe ZoMfG!!11! I just love to eat at the Sizzler It took two guys to get Walter and Jackie off Cassie and I getting on Okay, so this Zipper was the most painfull, and scariest Zipper I've ever been on. I'm convinced that it hasn't been inspected since 1967 They will never be the same again! Jackie seemed very nervous about the "Land Side" As did Walter The view from the top. This slide was scary as hell! It also hurt my butt This Fun House had no spinning barrel, LAME! The slide at the end did give Walter a little problem! Yay! The Mouse was testing, so we should run right on! Oh! What's this? Oh, just Anthony stuck on the block brake. Which is totally my fault. I got stuck on one of he brakes and they couldn't move my car, so they stopped the ride, and then they had to push my car back to the station, and then re-start the ride. Now the same thing happened to Anthony Oops...looks like Cassie is still going through the course Wait...never mind. She's stuck now Of course she's a great sport about it all! Starship 2000 is next Walter shows off how it sucks his belly in! They even had a House of Glass that the carnie wouldn't let me film in We got to credit whore on the Orient Express as well So, here's Jackie an I on the Mite Mouse. When we got on it, the ride lost it's brakes. I kid you not, there was an air faliure, and there were no brakes. They had to catch our car as it was leaving the station and hold it. About 15-20 minutes late, they decided to just let us go brakeless! "Owe owe owe owe" Flying into the brakes....that did nothing! Isn't the girl in the middle from Full House or something!?!? Okay...so Orbiter was AWESOME! Jackie and I on Orbiter "Cold! Cold! Cold! Cold!" Anthony was all alone on Orbiter becuse no one loves him Seriously, it was friggin awesome! Antony got Cassie to ride...but she was to ashamed to be seen next to him Ah yea, back to the Fire Ball. The worlds largest Land Fill, seen upside down! Jackie doesn't seem too comfortable Though I loved it! Um...why is this person running from me? Oh, it's just TJ Ghetto wheel which you could NEVER get me on! I love fairs at night. They look so much better than they really are! I just love this shot I got of Anthony and Cassie in front of the Fire Ball Untill Kenny stepped in front of the camera! I had to wrestle Andrew to get him in the shot! The whole group. Me, Andew, Kenny, TJ, Jackie, Walter, Cassie and Anthony -Dainan "It was a fun night" Rafferty

Worst photo of me, ever! Great update Josh. Too bad we never got our rollback -Dainan "I stayed till closing" Rafferty

It was great running in to Jay and Christiana again! We are so god damm sexy -Dainan "And wet" Rafferty

Okay guys. Sorry for the delay. I got busy with life and shiz and the stills from my camcorder are crap! So deal with it. Anyway, here's my review. The Queue/Pre-Show: The outdoors line was nicely landscaped for the amount of space it occupies. And it seemed to move quickly later on in the day. The Pre-Show is really cool. It's a press conference with Harvey Dent and the video (and room) gets taken over by the Joker! You then exit the room into a "subway station" where you see some cool theme effects and theming. You then board your "subway car" and enter the ride. Te Ride: With out ruining too much of the ride. You exit the station and head up the lift which is a long tunnel. The lights are flickering and when you reach the top you are sent into the Wild Mouse segment. This segment is not braked! Yes, there are brakes, but they aren't used (unless for blocking) so you zip through it. There are some special effects and theming up on this section of the track which is pretty interesting. Through the rest of the ride, you go down drops and some more themed elements are there to surprise you. There are also two on-ride photo sections that completely blind you! The one real bad part of the ride is, none of the effects are separated, so you can see everything. But hey! What do you expect? It's Six Flags we're talking about here! This is a standard Mack Wild Mouse coaster, except for three differences. It's a mirror image. The drop after the final turn is a small dip right into the brakes. And the brakes are magnetic. You then return to the station and exit the ride to your right and head up into a hallway staircase, and come back down. When you get to the bottom there is only a wall, and no ceiling, so you can see the room. Then you exit out a door, which you have to open, and this illuminates the room a tad. Part of me thinks the ride is not fully completed, an other has me worried . My overall opinion on this ride, is that it's a perfect family ride. This is just not a "Mouse-In-A-Box". This has many themed elements that bring back the idea of a theme park. The coaster is also very smooth and just pure fun! As for extreme coaster riding, this isn't too intense, but it is just a fun ride. My Rating: 8/10 Photos: Once again, sorry about the quality, these are stills from my camcorder...thus...they suck, so deal The Dark Knight welcomes you There was originally going to be a whole city skyline here, but they were in a rush to open the ride, they just never put it up. Josh is blury, and was one of the first riders (I filmed the ceremony) Yea...we're cool and your not! And you have to wait to ride. SUCKA!!!!! Mark Kane, Park President speaking Angel Aristone, Park's PR speaking Ribbon Cutting ceremony Walking through the queue Gotham City Rails Tom in the queue Dan is with the first riders! Opening up for the pre-show Inside the Pre-Show room Teehee Harvey Dent (Okay...I cheated, these pictures of the pre-show are from the second ride) Um...what? Before... After.... Did I jet get pwnd? OH SNAP! What are you waiting for? Random theming Joker Cards randomly about Before... After... Getting on/off The view from the exit! And then it opened to the public! Here's a familiar face! HEY JAY! Blury Paul Blury ThomasKelly and Jeff A bunch of screaming GP! Another car coming in Once again...from the exit. See ya later TDK! Thanks for the two fun rides! This photo was on the cover a NJ newspaper I look like an emo crack head (all the way on the left) -Dainan "Truelly awesome" Rafferyt

I'll post my review tomorrow. But I was told to not put the Pre-Show video online, sorry guys

Okay guys, here's the deal! I was invited to the Dark Knight Media Day, and I took video and shiz. But I had a lot of crap to do at home, so I wont be finishing anything tonight, but I wanted to post my two videos I have up. So I hope you enjoy! The Dark Knight Media Day I will try to get some stills up tomorrow. -Dainan "I am still amazed" Rafferty

^^The park was packed with enthusiasts and school groups! I got to ride because I was with the Media Day (update coming soon), the line was incredibly over flowing when I left

The Dark Knight was really cool! I got to ride it twice this morning ^_^

Je suis heureux de voir qu'ils ne sont pas en grève! C'est un parc Six Flags qui fait un bon travail, car ils acheté! Nice to know that they aren't going on strike! This is the one park that Six Flags seems to be doing a good job on since they bought it! -Dainan "Teehee" Rafferty

GASP! Actually...no I do have Chiller pieces though

I prefer to hop the fence and pry parts of the rides that look pretty and shiny -Dainan "Or people just give me it " Rafferty

I should be up at Batman at Six Flags Great Adventure this summer!

I was at the park yesterday, and they had the Picnic Grove opened to the public, so I got some shots (using my new camcorder) of the construction site. The enterance way from behind the wall The locker tent The beauty of long arms! Trees have been added for the over flow queue (similar to Batman). More trees. I just want to point out, that this building isn't really as big as everyone thinks. It's actually smaller than Skull Mountain's, it's just up in your face. A look, throuh the empty observatory. It's actually now an invisible coaster...it's really there...I swear It does look better with out the coaster there. I hope they do something good with it! And before the flaming, this is how I got the shots. The Picnic grove was open to the pubic for "Kosher food" -Dainan "Enjoy" Rafferty